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[quote=Anonymous][quote]All school shootings happened at schools with low great school ratings[/quote]

Uh, no.  Parkland.  Columbine.  Sandy Hook.  None of these were low-SES schools.

I think it absolutely is reasonable to consider the potential for violence when making choices about schools.  We applied to a private school in the spring (not admitted) that had a school security officer and numbered security zones, plus a comprehensive plan to deal with a violent situation.  By contrast, my kid in FCPS was in a trailer.  Basically wide open, anyone could walk in.  When I asked about security, I was told that the plan was to lock the door and shut the blinds.  The door was thin with a single lock, there was nowhere to hide, and there was no alternative exit.  Not reassuring.

OP, your obligation is to your kids.  Not to other people's kids.  Not to kids in less advantaged neighborhoods or countries.  If we as a society have decided that kids matter less than the right to own unlimited AR-15s, and that kids are secondary to virtually every other interest in society, then you have to prioritize your own family.  Don't stay in public out of liberal guilt or some sense of societal obligation.  Yes, that is selfish, and it sucks, but this is how things are.  It won't get better because there is no political will to make it better.

I tell my kids not be be heroes -- get out, get safe.[/quote]

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